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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?
(a) The cold and the dark.
(b) The rats and other prisoners.
(c) The rats and the maze.
(d) The maze and the cold.

2. What do the threadmaster and Despereaux have in common?
(a) They have the same father.
(b) They both like music.
(c) They both enjoy reading.
(d) They both think the Princess is beautiful.

3. When the Princess sees him and calls out, what does Roscuro realize?
(a) That no one will love him upstairs.
(b) That he does no belong upstairs.
(c) That he is revered upstairs.
(d) That he does not want to be a rat.

4. What does Gregory do?
(a) Burns Roscuro's whiskers.
(b) Locks him in a cage.
(c) Kicks him out.
(d) Chases him into the darkest part of the dungeon.

5. What is the first thing Despereax notices about the dungeon?
(a) The bad smell.
(b) The thick walls.
(c) The odd sounds.
(d) The water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many mice are in the Mouse Council.

2. What makes the Princess cry?

3. What is the most basic and elemental rule that all mice adhere to?

4. What decision does Roscuro make at that moment?

5. Which rat was born in the dungeon several years before Despereaux was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Princess Pea notices him swinging from the chandelier?

2. When Despereaux faints, what does he wake up to see?

3. What are the basic rules of being a mouse that Despereaux breaks when he hears the music?

4. What is ironic about the name that Roscuro is given when he is born?

5. What fascination does Roscuro develop even though he is told it is not proper?

6. Why did Antoinette's last word to Despereaux give him little comfort?

7. What does Despereaux do in the all encompassing darkness to make himself feel brave?

8. What are the ways in which Despereaux is considered to be a disappointment or different, and by whom?

9. What causes Despereaux to fall in love with the Princess?

10. What is the vote taken by the Mouse Council and what are the results?

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